Within neighborhood
29
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Meadowbrook Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston
Tract 48201333201 · Harris, TX · pop 5,065 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 48201333201 sits in the Meadowbrook area of Houston eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Population here is 5,065. 29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,787
Renter share57.5%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate21.0%
Median income$43,493
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 29.6694, -95.2700 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meadowbrook scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Houston
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
21.0% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$987 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Houston
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Houston
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Houston
2.5
How Meadowbrook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 1,683Total filings over 7 yrs
- 19.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.1%Peak (2014)
- 278Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,060Total filings 2020-21
- 13.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 19.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.72×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Meadowbrook. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Meadowbrook
Adults with no health insurance runs 31.9% against 11.3% nationally. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Harris County average of 49.5%. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Average gross rent is $987, 27% below the Houston average. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.5/10.
The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. It sits 1.1 points above the Harris County average of 4.0. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,683 filings here across 7 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 26.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 19.2% of renter households face a filing.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 48201333201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201333201?
Census tract 48201333201 in the Meadowbrook neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 48201333201?
Median gross rent is $987/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48201333201?
21.0% of residents in tract 48201333201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,065.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48201333201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 48th, minority 92th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 48201333201 considered part of Meadowbrook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201333201 fall within Meadowbrook (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201333201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,683 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201333201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.21% of renter households, peaking at 26.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48201333201 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.72× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48201333201 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 48201333201 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Houston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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